UID:
almahu_9949703138902882
Format:
1 online resource (ca. 380 pages)
ISBN:
9789004230101
Series Statement:
Brill's Tibetan studies library, v. 29
Content:
This book offers the first in-depth examination of the life and writings of Lama Zhang (1122-1193), key figure in the \'Tibetan renaissance.\' Controversial, larger-than-life, already revered as a literary innovator and tantric meditation master, Zhang entered public life in mid-career and forged a new model of rulership and religious community that would set the standard for later religious rulers of Lhasa-most notably the Dalai Lamas. The focus of the model was the tantric hermit who comes down from the mountains and sustains a worldly community through his mastery of space, time, and symbol. The subject is approached through a complex of related issues: lineage and tradition-formation, charisma and hegemony, literary genre, textual economy, and the politics of tantra.
Note:
Appendix Two Lama Zhang's Root Lamas and Their Principal Teachers.
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Preliminary Material /
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Introduction: Picking up the Pieces: Lama Zhang and The "Tibetan Renaissance" /
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1. Lama Zhang's Life /
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2. Lineage and Style: Placing Lama Zhang in the Tradition /
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3. "To Tell Your Own Story Yourself ": Autobiography, Genre Families, and Textual Economies /
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4. "Lord of the Teachings" /
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5. "Great Meditator Who Tears down Forts" /
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Conclusion: Mastering Space, Time, Symbol: Lama Zhang and the Buddhist Hegemonization of Central Tibet /
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Appendix 1: Contents and Back Matter/Colophons to Volumes 1-7 of the Shedup-namgyal 2004 Edition of Lama Zhang's Collected Works /
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Appendix 2: Lama Zhang's Root Lamas and Their Principal Teachers /
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Appendix 3: Listing of Lama Zhang's 44 Teachers, Along with 141 Teachings Received, from Various Root Lamas (Rtsa ba'i bla ma sna tshogs kyis 'thob byang), Shedup I.307-16 /
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Appendix 4: List of 15 Lineages of Teachings Received by Zhang, from Various Lineages (Brgyud pa sna tshogs), Shedup I.293-307 /
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Appendix 5: Occurrences of the Term bka' brgyud in the Shedup-Namgyal 2004 Collected Works /
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Appendix 6: Occurrences of the Term lha sa sde bzhi in Lama Zhang's Writings /
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Bibliography /
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Index /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Yamamoto, Carl S. Vision and violence. Leiden : Brill, 2012 ISBN 9789004212404
Language:
English
